Kiyoshi Atsumi

Acting

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 10, 1928 (97 years old)
Death date
Aug 04, 1996

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Known For

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
1h 55m
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages...

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1h 46m
DOLBY
Movie 1997

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to...

Tora-san to the Rescue
1h 47m
DOLBY
Movie 1995

Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and...

Tora-san's Easy Advice
1h 41m
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Movie 1994

Tora-san's Easy Advice

Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman,...

Tora-san's Matchmaker
1h 44m
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Movie 1993

Tora-san's Matchmaker

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman...

Tora-san Makes Excuses
1h 41m
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Movie 1992

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed...

Tora-san Confesses
1h 44m
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Movie 1991

Tora-san Confesses

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other...

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1h 46m
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Movie 1990

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left...

Tora-san, My Uncle
1h 49m
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Movie 1989

Tora-san, My Uncle

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former...

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1h 50m
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Movie 1989

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man....

Biography

Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清 Atsumi Kiyoshi), born Yasuo Tadokoro (田所 康雄 Tadokoro Yasuo, 10 March 1928 in Tokyo – 4 August 1996 in Tokyo), was a Japanese film actor. He started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show theater in Asakusa. After two years of fighting pulmonary tuberculosis, he made his debut on TV in 1956 and on film in 1957. His vivid performance of a lovable, innocent man in a film “Dear Mr. Emperor” (Haikei Tenno-Heika-Sama) in 1963 established his reputation as an actor. Later he became the star of the highly popular Tora-san series of films, from the original Otoko wa Tsurai yo (translated in English as 'It's Tough being a Man') in 1969 to the 48th film released in 1995, the year before his death. The enduring success of the series made him synonymous with the Tora-san character, and many Japanese regarded his death as the death of Tora-san, not the death of Yasuo Tadokoro or Kiyoshi Atsumi.